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1. 3rd interview

   GWVRNS replied to GWVRNS's topic in Case Management

   Yes, thanks. Mine paid off too. I got the position!

2. 3rd interview

   GWVRNS posted a topic in Case Management

   Hi, great site with good advice. I was wondering if anyone else went through 3 interviews for a case manager position. I was called for a third interview with the physician at the office where I would be working. I'm really discouraged. They seem...

3. TIPS procedures

   GWVRNS posted a topic in Radiology

   Two questions I have about tips procedures if anyone is doing a lot of them. Are they ever emergency cases? Our doc says no. Also do you send them to ICU afterwards or can they go to a medsurg floor? Thanks, Deb

4. Transporting Isolation patients

   GWVRNS posted a topic in Disease

   I transported an ICU patient who's sputum cultures hadn't come back yet. He was in respiratory isolation so I gowned, gloved and put a mask on. The ID nurse saw me on the way back and had a FIT! She said we were not to wear gloves, gown and mask i...

5. Question for the ICU nurses??

   GWVRNS posted a topic in MICU

   At your hospitals, if your patient needs to travel for a diagnostic study (CT, XRay, MRI), who transports the patient? In our hospital it is the job of the radiology nurse and we feel it is unsafe because we don't know the patients. Thanks, Deb

6. Transporting ICU patients

   GWVRNS replied to GWVRNS's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much. That really helps!

7. Transporting ICU patients

   GWVRNS posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I posted this on the radiology site but I need more feedback for a meeting. In our hospital it is current practice to have the radiology nurses transport the ICU patients for any imaging study. We feel this is unsafe for the patient because we ...

8. dialysis after contrast in crf

   GWVRNS replied to sun's topic in Radiology

   good question. Any other answers?

9. Rad RN's transporting pts

   GWVRNS replied to Kristy K's topic in Radiology

   This is a big issue at our hospital, too. No matter how unstable the ICU patient is, vented, lines, VS, the ICU will not lend a hand. Do other rad nurses also have to transport ICU patients? We are trying to phase it out at our hospital. Very uns...